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A 5 page review and critique of an article of this same title. The article offers some specific statistics regarding illnesses, mortality and morbidity in different cultures as it affects women. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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suburban regions of the nation. Geographic areas that are more remote are now seeing immigrants entering their communities, many of whom have very different approaches to curing illness and maintaining
good health. Those approaches, which are determined by a number of factors and which may be vastly different than the typical American way, must be considered if these people are
going to accept the medical assistance that cures and prevents diseases, illnesses or other medical situations. The authors cite seven specific cultural components that may affect how immigrant women
should be treated: 1. Communication style, e.g., language, nonverbal behaviors and social customs. 2. Orientation such as ethnic identity, acculturation and values. 3. Nutrition, e.g., symbolism of food and preferences and taboos.
4. Family relationships, e.g., family structure and roles; family dynamics and decision making style; lifestyle and living arrangements. 5. Health beliefs, e.g. alternative health care; beliefs about health, crisis and illness; response
to pain and hospitalization; predisposition to disease and resistance levels. 6. Education, e.g., learning style, informal and formal education, occupation and socioeconomic level. 7. Religion, e.g., preference beliefs, rituals and taboos.
Any or a combination of these aspects of the immigrants style, values and belief systems will affect how they approach their own or loved ones illnesses and how they will
respond to the American way of medicine. It seems only logical that a health care professional would consider at least some of these factors but that is all too often
not the case, as the authors point out. The authors offer some general things doctors and others should do and look for when they first examine an immigrant woman,
such as checking for parasites. They also offer specific problems associated with specific ethnicities. For example, women from Africa are taught to take care of everyone but themselves. The authors
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